Psychiatry Teaching Fellow (ST4-6 equivalent)

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a Psychiatry Teaching Fellow to enhance undergraduate education within the Year 5 Psychiatry programme. This role focuses on teaching delivery and development without clinical responsibilities. Candidates should have strong skills in undergraduate teaching, digital delivery methods, and a solid academic background. This fellowship comes with a competitive salary range of £65,048 to £73,992 plus a London weighting allowance, making it an attractive opportunity for dedicated professionals in the field.

Benefits

London weighting allowance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC or equivalent.
• 3 years approved core specialist training in Psychiatry.
• Experience in clinical teaching settings.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Year 5 introductory lecture programme.
• Support the smooth running of the lecture programme.
• Develop and evaluate the lecture programme.

Skills

Undergraduate teaching

Digital teaching methods

Teaching administration

Clinical knowledge

Communication

Education

MBBS or equivalent

BSc or intercalated degree

MSc in Psychiatry

Research degree (PhD, MD)

Job description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Psychiatry Teaching Fellow (ST4-6 equivalent)

The closing date is 04 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for a Teaching Fellow post in undergraduate education.

The CNWL hosted post offers a psychiatry trainee at ST4-6 level exciting opportunities to develop their teaching skills. The post holder is responsible for delivering and developing a raft of undergraduate teaching activities both within CNWL and more widely within the Year 5 (Phase 3a) Psychiatry (Mental Health) course at Imperial College School of Medicine.

The post will be available for a 1-year period from 5/8/2026 to 3/8/2027.

Main duties of the job

The post holder has a key role in facilitating undergraduate educational activities within CNWL, but also more widely within the Year 5 Psychiatry course. The post offers extensive teaching opportunities and responsibilities. The post holder will develop their undergraduate education and teaching administration skills, working closely with CNWL's Director of Clinical Studies and ICMS's Year 5 Course Leader for Psychiatry.

The post has no clinical component and does not attract a NTN. You do need to be on the Charing Cross & St Mary's training scheme to apply.

Please note: If you already have a National Training Number (NTN) (i.e. you are on a designated training scheme in England), Health Education England (HEE) request 6 months' notice for Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) applications. You may wish to liaise with HEE prior to the interview date or apply for an OOPT before the interview (you can always withdraw your application if you are not appointed to the teaching fellow post).

About us

Undergraduate Clinical Studies (CNWL) is responsible for delivering clinical placements in Psychiatry for Year 5 students at Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM). CNWL currently host approximately 230 ICMS medical students a year, who complete their psychiatry placements across 3 borough-based sectors: Brent; Harrow and Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster (KCW). Placements last 6 weeks each; there are 6 rotations of placements per academic year. Our placement sites are identified by their community bases but all have inpatient bases aligned to them - they are Park Royal Centre for MH, Northwick Park and St Charles. The teaching fellow significantly supports the student experience of Psychiatry and attainment of learning outcomes as highlighted within their curriculum.

The undergraduate team comprises the Director of Clinical Studies (DCS) and Teaching Fellow, supported by the Teaching Coordinator (TCO). However, there is a virtual team of enthusiastic teachers (including site and firm leads, ST4-6 undergraduate representatives and educators across all medical grades and specialties in Psychiatry).

Job responsibilities

The post offers significant opportunities for the ST4-6 to gain experience of developing, delivering and evaluating teaching and training as a core learning objective.

Specific teaching responsibilities include the following:

• Facilitate the Year 5 introductory lecture programme at the start of each rotation to a cohort of approximately 50 students (currently primarily delivered digitally).
• Support the Year 5 Course Leader (Psychiatry) to ensure the smooth running of the lecture programme (currently delivered digitally).
• Develop, enhance and evaluate the lecture programme.
• Deliver teaching on a variety of topics that is clinically focused, stimulates interest in Psychiatry and supports students to meet learning outcomes as highlighted within their curriculum.
• Explore new and innovative techniques / teaching methods to deliver the curriculum.
• Develop formative assessments within CNWL by leading on the provision of centralised mock-PACES (clinical exam) sessions (currently facilitated digitally).
• Host revision lectures (all students) and exam practice sessions (usually students taking re-sit exams).
• Proactively support the setting of both written and clinical exams for Year 5 (participate in question writing and PACES station piloting).
• Facilitate sessions on Ethics (during each rotation).
• Support the development of the curriculum as Psychiatry is introduced into earlier years.
• Provide support to ST4-6 undergraduate champions and other trainees engaged in teaching.
• Facilitate a weekly Balint group session for students (currently facilitated digitally) and engage in the supervision provided for this.
• Provide academic support / mentoring to students experiencing welfare / health difficulties, engaging other relevant individuals such as relevant Trust staff, Head of Year 5, Year 5 Programme Administrator and personal tutors.
• Maintain and update the webpages hosted on the student intranet (MedLearn).
• Develop e-learning resources hosted on the student intranet (MedLearn).
• Attend and contribute to CNWL's medical education group (MEG), which has oversight of all ICMS-related undergraduate activities within CNWL.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with the GMC (or equivalent medical regulator if not UK based)
• MBBS (or equivalent)
• BSc (or other intercalated degree)
• MSc in Psychiatry
• Research degree (PhD, MD or equivalent)

Experience

• 3 years approved core specialist training in Psychiatry
• Experience of teaching in clinical settings

Academic Skills

• Experience of, and enthusiasm for undergraduate teaching
• Able to deliver high quality teaching, utilising both digital and face-to-face methods (in various Trust and Medical School settings)
• Willing to develop / innovate different teaching methods in undergraduate education, including as part of a digital teaching programme
• Willing to engage in teaching administration tasks such as facilitating a lecture programme and organising mock student exams
• Willingness to pursue postgraduate qualification in teaching
• Previous experience of research
• Publications in peer review journals
• High standard of communication
• Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical / scientific approach

Knowledge

• Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
• Demonstrates knowledge and use of evidence-informed practice, appropriate to level of training
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Awareness of own limitations
• Demonstrates breadth of experience both in and outside Medicine

Other

• Willing to work remotely and travel to all relevant sites within the Trust and Medical School
• Experience with effectively using digital technology to teach and has advanced IT literacy skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£65,048 to £73,992 a year plus £2,162 London weighting allowance, per annum pro rata